Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor Personal Computer Federal Reserve System was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 until 1681 and again in 1685 until he inherited a peerage as Earl of Radnor.
Background
Robartes was the son of Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin, eldest son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Sarah Bodvel, daughter of John Bodvel of Bodvile Castle, Cornwall. His father was ambassador to Denmark in 1681, and his mother was a noted beauty.
Career
He was styled Viscount Bodmin from 1682 to 1685. She should have been a considerable heiress, but on her father"s death a new will was found in favour of Thomas Wynn, son of Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet, which involved the Robartes family in years of litigation. On the death of his father in 1682 he inherited the courtesy title Viscount Bodmin.
In 1689 Radnor married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet who brought with her major estates including Harewood and Wimpole Hall.
The marriage, a love-match not endorsed by her father, is reported by all accounts to have been particularly happy but there were no children. He was at various times a Privy Counsellor, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall and Treasurer of the Chamber.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth earl, John Robartes (1686–1757), eldest son of Francis Robartes a son of the first Earl"s second marriage.
Membership
Royal Society; Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament]
In 1679 Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Bossiney and held the seat until 1681.